Bridging gaps: affective communication in long distance relationships

  • Authors:
  • Shruti Bhandari;Shaowen Bardzell

  • Affiliations:
  • Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA;Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA

  • Venue:
  • CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

This study examines communication methods and needs of people in long distance romantic relationships to understand how intimate computing can help create or augment already existing artifacts to promote feeling of connectivity within non-collocated couples. We report our research in progress and provide a collection of initial design concepts based on the user research.